jillcarlson's Blog

Weather-wise, I'm glad the White Sox have the day off.  It's cold and rainy and making me sleepy...things that don't bode well for my ride home or for playing baseball.  But when you're on a streak like the Sox have been on...winners of five straight...then a break in the action isn't exactly what you want.  They're feeling good about themselves, seem to enjoy each other's company and the clubhouse is electric, both before and after games, according to closer Bobby Jenks.   You want to keep the good times rolling!  And that's not to say they're not going to resume playing great baseball and picking each other up tomorrow.  I believe they will.  And I'm sure it's nice to unpack, do some laundry...heck, for some of the guys, it's important just a find a place to live!  But I'm sure they wouldn't have minded playing until they cool off.  The same goes for the Cubs, who've figured out ways to win in four of their last five games despite being kind of shaky in a number of areas.  As I mentioned the other day, defense and pitching wins championships.  And I've not seen great defense from the Cubs...I haven't even seen good defense.  Perhaps some of that can be chalked up to the new infield at Wrigley.  It will take time to adjust...but now that they're in Pittsburgh, there's no excuse.  Half of the order is still struggling to find its swing...Ted Lilly has yet to find any rhythm...and yet they're finding ways to win.  That's a good sign as they move forward and no doubt start playing better defense and pitching better too.  But I'm going to miss watching baseball tonight.  Guess I'll have to watch American Idol live!